Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health (CESAMH) San Diego, CA USA; VA San Diego Healthcare System, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA USA.
Baruch College & The Graduate Center, City University of New York, NY USA.
Psychiatry Res. 2018 Jul;265:265-270. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.04.052. Epub 2018 May 6.
This study examined the relationship between race/ethnicity and psychological resilience, and the moderating role of social support in this relationship among non-Hispanic White (n = 605), Hispanic (n = 107), African American (n = 141), and Asian American (n = 97) Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) combat veterans. Veterans were primarily male (88%) with a mean age of 31.4 years (SD = 8.35). An analysis of covariance showed that Asian American veterans reported significantly lower psychological resilience than non-Hispanic White veterans. The interaction of race/ethnicity and social support with psychological resilience was examined via linear regression. We found that the relationship between psychological resilience and social support significantly differed by race/ethnicity such that social support was positively associated with psychological resilience among non-Hispanic White veterans, but not among other racial/ethnic groups. Our findings are consistent with previous studies that show Asian American veterans report lower psychological resilience than non-Hispanic White veterans. Cultural differences in how and why individuals use social support may underlie racial/ethnic differences in the relationship between social support and psychological resilience. Future qualitative and quantitative research is encouraged to better understand how social support relates to psychological resilience among minority OEF/OIF combat veterans.
本研究考察了种族/民族与心理弹性之间的关系，以及社会支持在非西班牙裔白人（n=605）、西班牙裔（n=107）、非裔美国人（n=141）和亚裔美国人（n=97）中对持久自由行动/伊拉克自由行动（OEF/OIF）作战老兵中的这种关系中的调节作用。退伍军人主要是男性（88%），平均年龄为 31.4 岁（SD=8.35）。协方差分析表明，亚裔美国退伍军人的心理弹性明显低于非西班牙裔白人退伍军人。通过线性回归检验了种族/民族和社会支持与心理弹性的相互作用。我们发现，心理弹性与社会支持之间的关系因种族/民族而异，社会支持与非西班牙裔白人退伍军人的心理弹性呈正相关，但与其他种族/民族群体无关。我们的研究结果与先前的研究一致，表明亚裔美国退伍军人的心理弹性低于非西班牙裔白人退伍军人。个人使用社会支持的方式和原因的文化差异可能是社会支持与心理弹性之间关系的种族/民族差异的基础。鼓励进行定性和定量研究，以更好地了解社会支持与少数族裔 OEF/OIF 作战退伍军人的心理弹性之间的关系。
